Sports University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 8, 1988 13 KU's Mattox happy with pro football Former KU player content despite pre-season injury Former Kansas strong safety Marvin Mattox blocked a last second Kansas State field goal attempt last season to preserve a 17-17 tie with the Wildcats. By Jeff Euston Marvin Mattox is living a dream Mattto, who played basketball and football at Kansas last season, is now playing professional football with the San Diego Chargers. The last twelve months have been a whirlwind of activity for Mattos, the nine games that the Kansas football team, played on the Jayhawks' national championship basketball team and won a spot on the All-Star game. "I'm happy I made the team." Mattox said. "I grew up in California and always liked the California wine." He added. "I've always watched Dana Fons. I never thought I'd be out there on the same field in the same universe." Mattox, 23, is a strong safety for the Chargers. He separated his shoulder in a scrimmage with the Rams during training camp, and is now on the injured reserve list. He will be on the injured list until the team recovers of the session. If he recovered at that time, he will be activated. Mattos signed with the Chargers as a free agent. His agent contacted the team, and after viewing tapes of Mattos and timing him in various drills, San Diego invited them to the team's spring mini-camp. Maux attended the mini-camp just after his spring finals at Kansas ended. During the camp, former Kansas defensive back helped Muxot become acquainted with the team and the system. "I just wanted to go someplace where I'd have a chance to play," Mattox said. "Elvis showed me around." Mattox said. "I tease him because he makes me look and when he left, I got his number. He helped me during camp, and he showed me around the city and took me out to some places." Mattox's roommate with the Chargers is Ron Williams, who played linebacker at Oklahoma State from 1965 to 187. "I've run into a lot of Big Eight players out here," Mattxox said. "When I went to the club, there were more players from the Big Eight than any other competitor." Mattos said he is spending much more time concentrating on football as a professional player than he did as a Jawhawk. "In college we always had classes in the morning. We wouldn't practice until three in the afternoon. Here we come in at seven and we don't leave until 5:30 or to meetings and watch the films." Mattox said San Diego's defense was similar to the one Kansas used when he was there. "We use the same kind of secondary that we played at KU." Mattox said. "That's been a big plus for me. "The other players and assistant coaches have been really helpful. They'll answer any questions I need and point out what I need to work on." "All the coaches have told me to relax - not to think, but just play." Chargers' coach Al Saunders is similar to former Kansas coach Bob Valesette, who coached Mattox in 1968 and 1987. Mattox said "Coach Saunders and Coach Val are a lot alike," he said. "They both want you to be strong mentally. Coach Saunders gets more results, I guess because he's got the right players." "Here, everybody's fast," he said. "Even the big men are fast. Everyone is a good athlete." Mattox has also noticed a difference in talent in San Diego. Mattox grew up in Pomona, Calif. first of Los Angeles. He was an all-league and all-valley selection in both basketball and football at Garvey High School. He played both basketball and four years in basketball. At Kansas, Mattos played football for four years and junior varsity basketball in 1984 and 1988. In February of last season he was moved to the varsity basketball team when the Jayhawks were plaged by injuries. Mattox, a guard, played in eight games, scored two points in Kansas' defensive in the NCAA tournament. Not surprisingly, Mattxo said winning the national championship was his fondest memory of the time he beaten at Kansas. "That was great," Mattxon said, "I'm going to be back in Lawrence in October to pick up my ring. I looking forward to seeing every Mattox said he also will always remember Kansas football's upset victory over Oklahoma in 1984 and last season's game at Kansas State. "That was the biggest game I played in," Mattox said of the Jayahawks' victory over the nation, during his freshman year. Last season in Manhattan, Mattox blocked a Kansas State field Mattox will be following the Jayhawks' fortunes in both football and basketball this year. goal attempt on the final play of the game, preserving a 17-17 tie. "I really hope we (Kansas) beat California this year," Mattxo said. "One of my teammates, Brian Bedford, went to school there. We're going to drive up and see the game, if I hope they can win." "Lawrence is a nice place," he said. "Everyone's a mite fresh in California and I'm going to place to raise a family. Everything in California is pretty good." What is it worth? Mattox said he would like to live in Kansas again one day. "I'd like to play football for as long as possible," he said. Right now, though, his goal is playing professional football. U.S. boaters breeze past New Zealand Victory! The Associated Press Several, in fact. NAN DIEGO — Demis Conner took Stars & Stripes on a Sunday sail yesterday to beat New Zealand in the opening race of a best-of-three曼哈顿冠军。 New Zealand 34 crewmen, including owner Michael Fay, could only sit on their gaint yacht's deck and watch as Conner's 60-foot catamaran disappeared toward the horizon to win the 40-mile race by a country mile. The 123 foot Kiwi challenger was out of the race once after taking the start by 10 seconds. Conn, reingress in his swift fiftier with its upright feet, took a turn and sailed away, sailed in 6-13 knots owea over a calm Pacific Ocean. "when he wants to go faster, he can," said Marc Pajot, a spectator and skiipper of French Kiss, a failed challenge in the 1968-47 Cup series. The only competition for Stars & Stripes, which covered the course in 4:34:06, was from purposes playing on the pitch. The event at times sailed as fast as the wind. The next race is scheduled for tomorrow and if New Zealand were to win, the deciding race would be Sunday. The start was far more gentlely than the lawsuits and angry words that have made him nervous about his yachts stayed clear of each other after Conner simply sailed away from a pre-vrace maneuver by Kwikiski David A (fotolia of 1,000) spectator yachts watched the start of the Pacific Ocean in a high-powered powerboat that could keep up as the racers headed to the first mark. 20 miles upwind Stars & Jets are on their way, and mark in a dying and shifty zephyr Conner rounded the buoy, anchored in 4,000 feet of water, with about a one-mile lead to 9:04 His nine-man crew then raised her hand and swallowed the drink company, the first time advertising has been allowed on a Cup racer The only surprise was that Conner could head into the wind almost as closely as New Zealand and that this could have been behind than they did. New Zealand designer, Bruce Fayr, said before the film that it would be more than an hour to the catamaran. Sports Briefs KU FOOTBALL UPDATE: The Kansas football team practiced in the 3rd round of the season treated on its kicking game as it winted down to its season openion this Satur. day. The special teams worked separately during the last half of practice, and the Jayhawks also worked on on-side kicks and extra pain Mason said he met with kicker Louis Klemp, who quit the team yesterday. Mason confirmed that Klemp would not be returning the Kielder. NU SECONDARY HURTING: SECONDARY backes are questionable for Saturay day's showdown between the No. 2 Corkbushers and the UCLA, CROSA Senior starter Lorenzo Hicks is doubtful with a groun pull and his backup. John Custard, left悉师, is the senior assistant with an ankle stretch, Osborne said. "Hicks would have to improve a lot by tomorrow to be able to play. I don't know how bad Custard's stank is, but if those guys are out, Lewis and Pickens are capable replacements," he said. "We would lose If Hicks and Custard are unable to make the trip to Los Angeles, sophomore Tahara Lewis and junior college student Jodie secure the position, Osborne said. experience and a little size, but they can play." "I received an overwhelming recommendation for Dick Tambaro from those people who have been working with him." Mennon said. "He's very much a friend, he is integrity. He has made his decisions based on integrity." **BOSSIOUR NAMES AD:** Dick Tatum, the interim athletic director at the school, and Richard Hammond, the named athletic director at the school yesterday. Chancellor Haskell Mullan PHILS SLUGGER HAS SURGERY: Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia State University will give a surgery on his right shoulder yesterday and expects to recuperate in time. Schmidt, who initially resisted surgery, will remain hospitalized for a day or two and then begin rehabilitation. The 45-minute operation to repair a tear in Schmidt's right rotator cuff was performed in Birmingham, Ala. Andrews a prominent sports surfer. East W L Z Pot. GB - Beatton 77 62 51 548 - Detroit 74 63 521 4/4 New York 74 68 521 4/4 Toronto 71 69 507 8/4 New York 71 99 507 8/4 Cleveland 48 81 38 27% Due to a reporter's error, former Kansas kicker Lous Klemp was mistaken in Tuesdor for Clyde Schoenberg (scolonized). Klemp, a junior, was a walk on. "Mike should be able to start spring training ready to go." Andrews said in a statement. Major League Standings American League KU volleyball team prepares for tourney West W 68 L 52 Pct. GB Oakland 74 L 52 10/10 Minnesota 74 L 65 532 13/14 Kansas 74 L 65 532 13/14 California 71 G 69 507 17/14 Texas 61 G 77 442 27 Chicago 61 G 77 442 27 Indiana 61 G 78 442 27 National League East W 1 W L 5 Pct. GB - New York 81 86 59 492 - Pittsburgh 73 64 64 533 8 - Montreal 70 68 60 507 11% San Diego 66 67 62 506 17% St Louis 66 73 83 475 16% Philadelphia 66 82 82 406 25% West W L 8 L Pct. GB - Los Angeles 79 75 58 .47 - Houston 74 75 65 .532 6 > Cincinnati 72 65 66 .532 7 > San Diego 70 69 69 .532 10 > California 70 69 69 .530 30 ] Atlanta 48 89 10 .503 11 By Arvin Donley Kansan sportswriter Despite Montana State's 1-4 record, Kansas volleyball coach Frankie Albit said she was expecting a tough match against the Lady Bobcats at 5:30 p.m. in Allen Field House. "They'll be a good team," Albitz said of the Jayhawks opening opponent. "They've already played, so they'll have some kinks worked out that we might not have worked out. Hopefully, since we've scrummaged a lot in practice, that problem will be alleviated." Montana State opened its season by defeating Oral Roberts, but lost to Baylor, Oklahoma, Southwest Missouri State and Wichita State since then. Going into tonight's match, Albiz said she had been encouraged by the Javahws' progress. The Jayhawks will hold the Lady Jayhawk Tournament Friday and Saturday, which will feature Auburn, Northern Iowa, Wichita State and George Washington. "The team is feeling much more confident with our defense and offense," Albit said. "They've got a lot of room." with the team having the best record winning the championship. In case of ties, the team with the best head-to-head record will be declared the winner... At this point, Albiz said she was not as concerned with winning as with seeing improvement. George Washington The tournament will be a round-robin format. Kansas' probable starters for tonight's match are senior center Kim Robinson, senior outside hitter Ellis Wood, junior center Helen Lutz, outside hitter Shelly Jorgensen, sophomore blocker Lisa Patterson and freshman blocker Kel Deitlow. And deeblage are the only returning starters on this team. For the Montana State game, admission is free for faculty and students and $1 for the general public. There will be no admission charged for the weekend tournament. "Northern Iowa is good," Abitz said. "We'll have our problems here, we've been Weihen Wichita State in the past, but that doesn't mean anything now. I don't know much about Auburn and George Washington, but I think they have strong programs." Abitz said the tournament would provide a challenge for the soulful Jayhawks. The Jayhawks open the tournament at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow against Wichita State. At 8 p.m. they will play Northern Iowa. On Saturday, Kansas takes on Auburn at 11:30 a.m. and will play their last game of the tournament against George Washington at 4:30. Patterson, who played in 71 games for the Jayhawks last season, said team work would be essential for Kansas against Montana State and in the tournament. Jorgensen, who earned a scholarship this season after walking on last year, said the progress made by the five freshman on the team will help the squad this weekend. Playing together is the key" Patterson said. "We don't have a superstar, which is good enough to play." "They have picked up the system real quick," she said. "Any one of them could contribute at this." 11th seed beats Navratilova; Graf wins The Associated Press NEW YORK — Zma Garrison, winness in 21 previous matches against Martina Navratilova, debuted her yesterday with a 6-0 win. Garrison, the 11th seed, blew five match points in the second set before eliminating Navratilova, the second seed, for the first time and nests for the first time since 1982. Garrison, a 24-year-old from Houston, advanced to the semifinals for the first time. Earlier, top-seceded Steffi Graf entered the semifinals while Chris Evert, Gabriela Sabati and from behind came for come-from-behind in a thriller. She appeared to have the match in hand when she raced out to a 5 aft end in the second set. But Navatlava paled even by winning the next five games, staving off three match points before breaking Garrison's four. T Graf won her 33rd straight match his is the tough part. It's like the tournament is just getting started.' — Steffi Grat - Steffi Grat - cam.finalist U. S. Open women's semifinalist and moved to within two vietnamese of completing a Grand Slam with a 6-3, 6-9 victory over No.14 Katerina Maleva of Bulgaria. "It will be hard for anyone to beat her, because she has so much confidence and she's gong for the losing Malave. "Simaa said after loss in 38 minutes. "I don't think she thinks she can lose." Malevea the old sister, six- sided Manuela, lost a two-hour baseline due to Evert 3.6, 6.4 and 6.2 (10.5), and Evert 3.8, 6.4 (10.5) of Snain 3.6, 7.8 (4), 6.0, 6.4. Sabatini, the fifth seed, beat 16th-seeded Larisa Savchenko of the Soviet Union 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. "Winning that tie-breaker was the whole match," said Wailander, who last to Ivan Lend in last year's final. "I still think I could have won if I last the second set, but it never crossed my mind." "The second set, after three, all one" "started hitting out," said Ewol, who repeated that line with the quarterfinals. "I have to be the aggressive one because it let her be" "the one." Ewert, seceded third, was down a set and a break before railing to reach the semifinals for the 17th time in 18 years. Wilander, the No. 2 men's seed, turned his match around by winning the second set tie-breaker. Sanchez had a set point at 6:30, but he three straight groundstakes errors won Wilander to even the match Sabatim, the only player to beat Graf this year, raised her game a few notches after the key break. "I really was concentrating," said the 18-year-old Argentine. "She stopped attacking me, and I started to play very well." Graf has been playing well the entire tournament, cruising into the semifinals without losing a set. Her next opponent is Ewert, who has lost their last six matches in straight sets. But Grat is expecting a sixth game with the current six time 1.85. Open champion. "This is the tough part," she said. "It's like the tournament is just getting started." The Evert-Maleeva match featured long baseline rallies and 13 service breaks The most important of Ever's seven breakups may have been the one that evaded the final set at 14.1 and caught up at 34.1 and then outed the match. "I had control and I let it go," said Maleeva, who has lost 16 of her 18 matches against Evert.